Kosciuszko National Park scorecard

Koscisuzko National Park contains unique glacial landscapes and Australia's highest mountains. It spans a variety of climatic conditions, landforms, vegetation types, plants, animals, and includes many areas of cultural significance.

The enormous survey and monitoring effort covered 100 sites, producing: 

• 511,804 animal images
• 16,000 hours of audio recording
• 1,225 bird records
• 3,966 plant records
• 380 soil samples
• 54 water quality samples.

In this round of surveying, we have found:

• Several threatened mammal species including broad-toothed rat, smoky mouse, spotted-tailed quoll, eastern pygmy-possum, koala and 5 vulnerable microbat species. 
• The park is a stronghold for the eastern pygmy-possum, recorded throughout most of the park.
• The threatened microbat eastern false pipistrelle was found throughout the park, with a high level of occupancy across monitoring sites.
• Twelve threatened birds across most of the park, including the gang-gang cockatoo and powerful owl.

Native plants, animals and ecosystems in Kosciuszko National Park are facing these threats:

• We recorded 10 feral animal species. There is widespread occurrence of sambar deer, feral cats and red foxes across much of the park.
• We detected 3 significant environmental weeds: blackberry, sweet vernal grass, and ox-eye daisy.
• Only 25% of fire-sensitive alpine complex vegetation remains unburnt.
• Canopy loss from slow-growing, fire-sensitive tree species is altering the park's vegetation structure. 

If you would like to dive deeper into the Kosciuszko National Park scorecard data, you can:

• See the scorecard
• Read the detailed scorecard report